On Sunday at St. Georges we join the ancient celebrations of All Saints and All Souls. We will join with Christians around the world who have or will light candles and remember those who have died over the last year or two. These are days that allow us to celebrate both the great saints and those we have known and loved and who, for better or for worse, have helped shape who we are. We give thanks for their lives and acknowledge our grief at their passing. It is a moment to be still, to know our loss, and to give thanks. As we do this, we take another step in letting them go trusting that they now rest in God, as they have always. Our gospel reading from Luke 6 is a wonderful restating of God’s faithfulness both to the covenant with Israel, and through that to the promises of restoration and the wholeness of creation – shalom; already acclaimed by Mary in her song in Luke 2, and by Jesus while reading of the scroll in Luke 4. After being on the mountain choosing his new apostles, Je...
